Cosmetic holder and applicator



y 3, 1967 F. MORIBER ETAL 3,320,962

COSMETIC HOLDER AND APPLICATOR Filed May 22, 1962 2 Sheets-Shet 1-IIlIIIIHHIIIHIIIIUIIWIIHIIHIIHHHD FIG. 12

INVENTORS Fae Mor i b e r" BY Leonard Moriber E- H- dvwla t Attorney May23, 1967 F. MORIBER ETAL COSMETIC HOLDER AND APPLICATOR 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Filed May 22, 1962 FlG-6 INVENTORE Po 2 M ori b er FIG--3 BY LeonardMember SXH-M Attorney United States Patent Ofifice 3,320,962 PatentedMay 23, 1967 3,320 962 COSMETIC HOLDER AND APPLICATOR Fae Moriber andLeonard Moriber, both of 2077 NE. 120th Road, North Miami, Fla. 33161Filed May 22, 1962, Ser. No. 196,739 4- Claims. (Cl. 13279) Ourinvention relates to beauty aids or cosmetics and is directedparticularly to a holder for a plurality of various commonly-usedcosmetics including mechanism for presenting for application,selectively, one at a time of the cosmetics as needed for making-up.

It is common knowledge that women today, for the most part, aften carrywith them several different cos metics, many in stick form, such aslipstick, eye-brow pencils, lip-liners, mascara etc., all considerednecessary for proper making-up. These various cosmetics items areusually carried separately in the purse, necessitating rummaging throughthe purse to find them from time to time as needed. On such occasionswhen a large enough purse cannot be carried, as when in formal dress forexample, the escort is often called upon to carry in his pockets thevarious cosmetics required, a generally unpopular and unsought chorebecause of the lumpiness of the pockets thereby resulting in thepossibility of soiling the suit due to container leakage.

It is accordingly the principal object of our invention to obviate theabove-described nuisances by the provision of a unitary novel containeroperative to retain a plurality of commonly-used cosmetics and presentthem, selectively, as needed, by a simple thumb movement while holdingthe device in one hand.

A more particular object is to provide a combination holder andapplicator for various cosmetics of the character described which is inthe form of a fountain pen and which can be conveniently carried as afountain pen.

Yet another object of the invention is to provide a holder andapplicator for a plurality of cosmetics of the character described,wherein the individual cosmetics may be both in stick and liquid formand are easily and inexpensively replaced or replenished, when consumed.

Still another object is to provide a holder for cosmetics as describedabove which will be compact, attractive in appearance, convenient tocarry, fool-proof in operation and durable and time-saving in use.

Other objects, features and advantages of this invention will beapparent from the following description when read with reference to theaccompanying drawings:

In the drawings, wherein like reference numerals denote correspondingparts throughout the several views:

FIG. 1 is an oblique view of a cosmetics holder and applicator embodyingthe invention;

FIG. 2 is a view similar to FIG. 1, but with the cap removed to exposethe lipstick and its carrier, and with one of the stick cosmetic unitspushed forward in position for use;

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view, on an enlarged scale, of thelower end of the holder;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 4-4 of FIG. 3 inthe direction of the arrows;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 55 of FIG. 3 inthe direction of the arrows;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 6-6 of FIG. 3 inthe direction of the arrows;

FIG. 7 is an oblique view of the retainer member, shown separately;

FIG. 8 is an oblique View of one of the retainer springs, shownseparately;

FIG. 9 is a side view of one of the stick cosmetic retainer tubes, witha stick cosmetic therein;

FIG. 10 illustrates the retainer tube of FIG. 9 in longitudinalcross-section;

FIG. 11 illustrates a liquid cosmetic retainer tube with the cosmeticcontainer tube therein, in longitudinal crosssection; and

FIG. 12 illustrates the liquid cosmetic applicator wand of FIG. 11unscrewed from its container tube and ready for application.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, 10 in FIG. 1 designates,generally, a unitary cosmetics holder embodying the invention, the samebeing substantially in the form of a fountain pen and having acylindrical body portion 11 and a removable, frictionally retainedtubular cap portion 12 provided with a pocket clip 13.

As illustrated best in FIG. 3, the body portion 11 comprises a tubularouter case or housing 14 which may be of metal or molded of a syntheticplastic, one end of which decreases gradually in diameter in dome-likeform as indicated at 15 to terminate in a coaxial opening 16 ofdecreased diameter through which cosmetics are individually andselectively presented for use as is hereinbelow more fully described.The other end of the tubular outer housing 14 has press fitted-therein,or otherwise secured therein, a generally cylindrical retainer member 17of substantially the same diameter as the inside diameter of saidhousing so as to fit snugly therein as illustrated in FIG. 3 with aportion projecting outwardly of said housing to receive the cap portion12. The outer end of retainer member 17 is provided with a central,cylindrical recess 18 adapted to receive and frictionally supporttherein the base 19 of a standard lipstick carrier case 2.0. Asillustrated in FIG. 2, lipstick 20a is made available for use merely byremoval of the cap portion 12 of the unitary holder 10 and turning theouter case 20. Since the spiral guide mechanism controlling projectionand withdrawal of the lipstick in such commercial cosmetic carrier casesis well known to those skilled in the art, and forms no part of thepresent. invention, it is not described herein in detail.

Means is provided for retaining in the housing 14 and presenting forapplication through the opening 16, selectively, one of a plurality,four in the embodiment illustrated, of individual cosmetics. To thisend, the inner end of the retainer member 17 is formed with recesses 21,U-shaped in cross section, opening into the peripheral wall thereof andequidistantly spaced thereabout. The bottom of each recess 21 isprovided with a substantially rectangular, longitudinally-extendingguide slot 22, for the purpose hereinafter appearing. The inner end ofthe retainer member 17 is also formed with a short, central,axially-projecting rivet stud 23 serving to anchor four retainer leafsprings 24, one for each of four cosmetic carrier tubes 25 adapted to beslidingly withdrawn into the individual recesses 21 in the retainermember 17, as herein below more fully described.

Each of the carrier tubes 25, preferably of a metal such as brass, isprovided at its inner end with short, diametrically-opposed longitudinalslots 26 (see FIG. 11) within which are received a transverse legportion 27 of a flat push tab 28. Each push tab 28 is integrally formedwith a toothed edge portion 29 which extends out wardly of its carriertube at one side thereof, the leg portion 27 projecting somewhatoutwardly of the other side. The push tabs 28 are soldered or otherwisese curely fixed in place at the inner ends of their respective carriertubes 25.

As illustrated in FIGS. '1 through 6, the peripheral wall of the housing14 is provided with four longitudinal slots 30, one for each of therecesses 21 in the retainer member 17 and in radial alignment with oneeach of the guide slots 22 in said recesses. The four carrier tubes 25,when in fully withdrawn position, are disposed with their inner endportions one each in the recesses 21 of the retainer member 17, with theprojecting leg portions 27 of the push tabs 28 received within theirrespective guide slots 22, and with the toothed edge portions 29 of saidpush tabs projecting outwardly of their respective guide slots 30 in thehousing 14. p

' The leaf springs 24- are provided for resiliently guiding the selectedcarrier tubes 25 forwardly so that they project slightly through theopening 16 in the housing 14 when their push tabs 28 are selectivelypushed all the way forward in their housing slots 30 to the positionillustrated by the left-hand carrier tube in FIG. 3.

As illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 8, the leaf springs 2 are substantiallyL-shaped, having a square base portion 32 and an elongated springportion 33 provided with a central elongated slot 34 beginning at saidbase portion and extending to a point somewhat short of the outer end ofsaid spring portion. The outside of the outer end of said springportion, moreover, is concavely bent, as indicated at 35 in FIG. 8. Thebase portions 32 of the leaf springs 24 are provided with centralopenings 36 by means of which they are mounted in overlying nestedrelation on the rivet stud 23 of the retainer member 17 and secured inplace by peening over said stud as indicated at 37 in FIG. 3. It Will beseen that the leaf springs 24 are so fixed with respect to the retainermember 17 that they bear one each against the inner surfaces of thecarrier tubes 25 for their entire distance of longitudinal travel in thehousing 14, and that the elongated slots 34 of said springs are inregister, respectively, with the slots 22 in said retainer member, so asto receive and guide the projecting leg portions 27 of the push tabs 28after the carrier tubes have moved out of their respective recesses '21in said retainer member upon sliding a push tab forward. As illustratedin FIG. 3, the carrier tubes 25 are limited in their forward movement bythe push tabs 28 coming into abutment at the outside with the forwardends of the slots 30 in the housing 14' and at the inside with the slots34 in the leaf springs 24. In this terminal forward position, the frontend of a carrier tube 25 projects slightly from the opening 16 at thefront end of the housing 14. It will be obvious that only one carriertube 25 at a. time can be slid forward to project or dispensingposition.

Three of the carrier tubes 25 are adapted to support a cosmetic unit forcarrying cosmetics in stick form, such as eye-brown pencil, eye shadowand eye liner, as illustrated in FIG. 10, and the remaining carrier tube25 is used'for holding a liquid or paste cosmetic such as mascara,together with an applicator or Wand, as illustrated in FIG. 11. Thus, asillustrated in FIG. 10, cosmetic support units 38 having tubular outershells 39 are fitted and frictionally retained within three of thecarrier tubes 25. Assembled within each of the outer shells 39 is aspiral guide mechanism, indicated generally at 40, actuated by afrusto-conical twist member 41 extending outwardly of the forward end ofits shell which, when turned, projects a cosmetic stick 42 forwardlythrough an axial opening 43 in said twist member into adjustably exposedposition ready for application in making-up, as illustrated for examplein FIG. 2. Since the spiral guide control mechanism by means of whichthe cosmetic stick is moved forwardly is of Well known construction andcommonly used in mechanical or automatic pencils, and since suchmechanism in itself forms no part of the present invention, it is notdeemed necessary to describe it in greater detail herein. It will beunderstood that when application of a particular stick cosmetic iscompleted, it will be withdrawn into its cosmetic support unit 38 by aturn of its twist member 41, the outer surface of which is preferablyknurled as indicated at 44 to facilitate manipulation, and thepertaining push tab 28 slid back to withdraw its carrier tube back intothe position of rest in the retainer member 17. Suitable indicia can beappropriately supplied on or near the individual push tabs 28 toidentify the particular associated cosmetic. It will thus be seen thatthe various stick cosmetics are easily made available and ready forapplication in the desired sequence.

As illustrated in FIGS. 11 and 12, the remaining carrier tube 25, whichas mentioned above is adapted to hold a liquid or thin paste cosmeticsuch as mascara together with an applicator wand, is fitted with atubular outer shell 45 similar to the outer shells 39 of stick cosmeticsupport units 38. The inner end of the outer shell 45 is closed off witha short cylindrical plug 46 soldered or otherwise secured in place toprovide a leakproof seal. An annular resilient seal member 47,preferably of a rubber-like material such as neoprene, is fittedcoaxially Within the shell member 415 near the front end thereof, beingsecured in place by a pair of front and back cylindrical seal retainers48, press fitted in said shell member. The cylindrical chamber definedby the outer shell 45, the plug 46 and the seal member 47 is chargedwith a liquid cosmetic indicated at 54 in FIG. 11. The central openingin the seal member is adapted to snugly receive one end of a rod-likeapplicator wand 50, the other end being secured in a frusto-conicalscrew cap 51 having a coaxial, externallythreaded portion 52 receivedwithin an internally-threaded bushing 53 fitted Within the outer end ofthe outer shell 45. Preferably, the outer end of the wand 50 is threadedor otherwise formed with peripheral grooves, as indicated at 49, tocarry an appropriate quantity of mascara or other liquid or pastecosmetic when the screw cap 51 is unscrewed and the wand is withdrawnfor use as illustrated in FIG. 12.

While there is illustrated and described herein only one form in whichthe invention may conveniently be embodied in practice, it is to beunderstood that this embodiment is given by way of example only, and notin a limiting sense. The invention, in brief, includes all themodifications and embodiments coming within the scope and spirit of thefollowing claims:

What we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a cosmetics holder and applicator, the combination comprising, anelongated hollow housing member having an opening at one end, aplurality of elongated tubular carrier members in said housing,mechanism for guiding each of said carrier members, selectively, betweena position fully within said housing and a position whereat one end ofthe carrier member projects through said housing opening, a cosmeticsupport unit having a tubular outer shell telescopingly received withineach of said tubular carrier members, said cosmetic support units beingclosely embraced within their respective tubular carrier members forfrictional retention therein and operative to be manually withdrawnoutwardly of said housing member opening, and means for dispensing forapplication the cosmetic in a support unit either when retained in itscarrier member in projecting position or when withdrawn from its carriermember.

2. A cosmetics holder and applicator as defined in claim 1, wherein oneof said cosmetics is in stick form, its support unit having an axialthrough opening in which said stick cosmetic is disposed, and whereinsaid dispensing means comprises mechanism for moving said stick cosmeticin projecting relation with respect to said through opening.

3. In a cosmetic holder, the combination comprising, an elongatedtubular housing member, said housing member being of hollow dome shapeat one end and having an axial opening of reduced diameter at said oneend, a retainer member within the other end of said housing and havingmeans for supporting a cylindrical lipstick holder in coaxial projectingrelation with respect to said other end of said housing, a tubular capmember of substantially the same diameter as said housing member, meansremovably assembling said cap member in end-to-end coaxial relation withrespect to said other end of said housing and in covering relation withrespect to said means for supporting a cylindrical lipstick holder insaid retainer member, a plurality of elongated tubular carrier membersin said housing, each of said carrier members being of lesser diameterthan the diameter of said reduced diameter opening at said one end ofsaid housing, mechanism for guiding each of said carrier members,selectively, between a position fully within said housing and a positionwhereat one end of the carrier member projects through said reduceddiameter opening of said housing member, a cosmetic support unit havinga tubular outer shell telescopingly received within each of said carriermembers, said cosmetic support units being frictionally retained intheir respective tubular carrier members and operative to be manuallywithdrawn outwardly of said reduced diam eter housing opening, acosmetic carried in each of said support units, and means for dispensingfor application the cosmetic in a support unit when its carrier memberis in projecting or withdrawn position.

4. A cosmetic holder and applicator as defined in claim 3, wherein saidcarrier members guiding means comprises a plurality of leaf springsbearing one each against the sides of said carrier members toresiliently urge them References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATESPATENTS 2,142,312 1/1939 Heinz 13279.3 2,264,482 12/ 1941 Ridner et a113279.3 2,579,887 12/1951 Vierling --14.5 2,624,315 1/1953 Weisser et a112014.5 3,001,531 1/1961 Gazdik 132-79 3,071,143 1/1963 Bau.

RICHARD A. GAUDET, Primary Examiner.

G. E. MCNEILL, Assistant Examiner.

1. IN A COSMETICS HOLDER AND APPLICATOR, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING, ANELONGATED HOLLOW HOUSING MEMBER HAVING AN OPENING AT ONE END, APLURALITY OF ELONGATED TUBULAR CARRIER MEMBERS IN SAID HOUSING,MECHANISM FOR GUIDING EACH OF SAID CARRIER MEMBERS, SELECTIVELY, BETWEENA POSITION FULLY WITHIN SAID HOUSING AND A POSITION WHEREAT ONE END OFTHE CARRIER MEMBER PROJECTS THROUGH SAID HOUSING OPENING, A COSMETICSUPPORT UNIT HAVING A TUBULAR OUTER SHELL TELESCOPINGLY RECEIVED WITHINEACH OF SAID TUBULAR CARRIER MEMBERS, SAID COSMETIC SUPPORT UNITS BEINGCLOSELY EMBRACED WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE TUBULAR CARRIER MEMBERS FORFRICTINAL RETENTION THEREIN AND OPERATIVE TO BE MANUALLY WITHDRAWNOUTWARDLY OF SAID HOUSING MEMBER OPENING, AND MEANS FOR DISPENSING FORAPPLICATION THE COSMETIC IN A SUPPORT UNIT EITHER WHEN RETAINED IN ITSCARRIER MEMBER IN PROJECTING POSITION OR WHEN WITHDRAWN FROM ITS CARRIERMEMBER.